Your poetry matches your beauty, and your perfectly pouting lips are of a delightful luscious red:-) A poet you are and verse your aim. Your love is very attainable, just reach out and don't close your eyes.

Poetic Fool 5 years ago

Maria, another beautiful poem and I admire that you do not strain your words with forced perfect rhymes. Sometimes slant or near rhymes are much more elegant and effective as we see here. That said, I love the imagery you've used, especially in the final stanza, to describe an unrequited love. Such great lines:

Distant love through passion's addiction

Consumes the lover beyond perdition.

It's perfect! Voted up, awesome and beautiful because it is!

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Maria D'Alessandro 5 years agofrom Melbourne Australia

Thanks rahul - I'm glad that people have been able to relate to some of my words here. Many of us have experienced some kind of unattainable love in our lives.

IAmForbidden 5 years agofrom Neverland - where children never grow up.

Beautiful and so true. The poem is very lovely. Voted up.

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Maria D'Alessandro 5 years agofrom Melbourne Australia

Thanks Gypsy Lee. :)

Gypsy Rose Lee 5 years agofrom Riga, Latvia

Voted up and beautiful. Such wonderful words. Loved it.

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Maria D'Alessandro 5 years agofrom Melbourne Australia

Well thank you my esteemed colleague. However, I noticed you used the word "plumb" in your rave review. This of course rang alarm bells in this conscientious poet's ears. I needed to look up the meaning to make sure I had used the right word "plump" in my poem. I discovered that "plumb" refers to "a carpentry term meaning a line which is exactly vertical, or perpendicular to a level horizontal plane." So therefore, I am most relieved I used the correct term "plump" which refers to something being "well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat". i.e. lips. Close call there but thanks for the brief thrill. LOLOLOL

epigramman 5 years ago

..plumb pouting lips - lol - that must be you Maria - your lips are like plumb overripe cherries and I know you pout all of the time especially if you don't get a good review from me - lol - always love your poetic way with words and how you tell a story which is certainly 'attainable' and flows so beautifully from a master craftswoman like you ......lake erie time 10:55pm

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Maria D'Alessandro 5 years agofrom Melbourne Australia

Many thanks and you're very welcome Sam209. Glad you're back here. There have been some great poems written lately by our mutual friends.

sam209 5 years ago

Hey there Maria. I can definitely relate to this one! I'm sure just about everyone who visits this hub will be able to relate as well!

I've been away from hubpages for some weeks now and it's good to be back and commmenting on good work! After this I definitely have to check out your Dylan hubs!

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Maria D'Alessandro 5 years agofrom Melbourne Australia

Cheers Billbuc!

Bill Holland 5 years agofrom Olympia, WA

So very nice! You have said so much with so few words. Well done my friend!